Roll film camera



Feb. 25, 1941.

L. 'GQLDHAMMER ROLL FILM CAMERA Filed Dec.

1 lhvenfor Leo lioldhammer' By His Afforne' 1/ I Patented Feb. 25, 1941 sou. mar mm Leo Goldhammer, Munich, Germany, ass'ignor, by mesne assignments, to General Aniline & Film Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application December 22, ices, Serial No. 247,165 In Germany December 23, 1937 2 Claims. (01. 95-31) My present invention relates to a, roll film camera. provided with a film feeding device which is operatively connected with a device for tensioning the photographic shutter.

It is an object of my invention to provide a mechanism connecting the film feeding device with the device for tensioning the shutter and essentially consisting of a rotatable and displaceable axle advantageously toothed along its en tire length.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a, mechanism comprising a toothed axle which is connected on the one hand by a rack and a crank wheel drive with the film feeding device and on the other hand by a toothed ring with the tension lever.

A further object of the invention is'to provide "a toothed axle which is carried in the camera casing rotatably and displaceably, whereas in the.

go shutter housing rotatably only.

Yet another object of the'invention is to provide a mechanism comprising a rotatable and displaceable axle, said axle and its guide parts being so long that the focussing of the objective 2 has no influence on the tensioning of the shutter; the said rack which'is connected with the film feeding device remains, therefore, continuously connected with the toothed axle though this axle is displaced. v

A still further object ofthe invention is the provision of connecting members which are 'distinguished from the devices hitherto known of similar kind by requiring very little space.

' An additional object of the invention is the Figure 11s a front elevational view of a cam-- era having a device for tensioning the objective shutterin'accordance with the invention.

. Figure 2 is a top view of the camera as shown in Figure 1. g In the casing i of the roll film camera there isarrangedontheonehandabearinglforthe rotatable, displaceable and toothed axle 8 and on the other hand a slide I for the Theracklismovedbyatrac tionleveridrivenbythe'iilmfeedingcrankl.

piac'eable rack I.

Thefilmfeedingdeviceisoperatedbyalever la. The front end to of the axis 3 is rotatably attached to the shutter housing I and engages the teeth of a ring ll lying round the objective tube 0. 'rhering ll isprovidedwithan exten- 13, the'ax'le 3 being secured by an extension 30 sion Illa the free end of which touches the tension lever H. of the shutter. If the film feeding device is moved by operating the lever la in the direction indicated by the arrow A, the rack 5 will move the toothed axle 3 and the ring iii in the direction of the arrow B (see Figure 1) 5 whereby the shutter is tensioned by means of the tension lever II. The objective 9 is guided together with the shutterhousing 8 and the tube for adjusting the objective in different distance by means of pins l2 in the camera casing I. In Figure 2 the objective-9 is not yet in operative position. It can, however, be seen from this Figure 2 that the toothed shaft 3 when the shutter housing and the objective tube are pulled out in the direction of the arrow C continuously remains operatively connected with the rack 5. The guide pins l2 and the throat 3b of the shaft 3 are carried in a ring l3a of the adjusting tube against movement in axial direction. I claim: 1

1. A rollfilm camera of the telescoping focus-' ing front type comprising a camera casing, a film feeding device in said casing, a front member slidably mounted on said casing for move- 25 ment along the optical axis of the camera, an objective lens and an objective shutter of the setting type mounted on said front, setting mechanism for said shutter including a toothed film feeding device in said casing, a front member slidably mounted on said casing for movement along the optical axis of the camera, a lens tube, an objective lens and an objective shutter of the setting type mounted on said front, setting In for said shutter including a shutter 'tensioninglever,- a toothed ring rotatably mounted around said lens tube and having an extension-forenmsing saidtensioning lever, a

.toothedaxle saidr asaidaxlebeing rotatably mounted on said front and rotatably carried in said casing. and a displaceable' rack cperatively engaging said axle, said rack beingmounted in said casing and connected to feeding device, whereby oporation-ofsaidalilm feeding devicetensions said shutter regardless ofuie relative position of said front member with respect to said casing.

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